But in coming years, these services probably will become more user-friendly for typical non-tech-savvy U.S. consumers.
WTO, will become a big user of anti-dumping actions, as well as being on the receiving end.
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In fact, until we have a flat tax, federal income tax law is not likely to become significantly more user-friendly.
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Now imagine that more and more of end-user applications become empowering.
Unfortunately, with all of this new-found freedom, design for the web and apps has become filled with skeuomorphic user interfaces that attempt to imitate the appearance of real things in digital form.
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As Apple devices fall in the hands of more and more people, user interface will become more and more important.
Once the AOL software is installed, Windows usually asks if a user wants it to become their default, or main, way of going online.
When connected to a Pioneer navigation receiver, the user's top stations become radio preset buttons to enable convenient control of stations just like a traditional radio.
Normally the Microsoft device can only scope body and full mitt movements, but the research company was able to track individual fingers with a Kinect or similar sensor, plus its custom software, allowing a user's hand to become a more finely tuned controller.
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Because web 2.0 companies have enabled such as massive amount of user-generated content, it has become more difficult to find personally-relevant businesses, media or other content.
As the Internet has become part of our lives, the typical web user today has accumulated dozens of accounts at different websites, each with a distinct username and password to remember.
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OpenTable asks each user to enter an e-mail address to become a member.
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More importantly, to that end Facebook has become more focused in creating products and services that enhances the user experience.
As it becomes possible to conduct transactions from mobile devices, he argues, it will become increasingly important to be able to verify the identity of the user of a particular device.
Gathering user feedback immediately lets you make feature adjustments before they become costly errors, and provides you with the data that can drive the decision process to push some features forward over others.
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As industries become more knowledge-based and more firms turn to open and user-led innovation models to keep a step ahead of disruptive innovators, governments will have to think more carefully about what, if anything, they can do to keep their economies competitive.
The need to monetize user experience runs counter to the conditions that allowed FB to become popular.
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China wants to become a leader in alternative sources of energy, both as an end user and product developer.
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Some specific skills that seem likely to increase in popularity are HTML5, responsive design, user experience, and anything related to mobile, as we become more and more attached to our mobile devices.
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If early user reviews and numbers continue, Shepherd is hopeful the second release can become as big as the original, even as his own company avoids rapid growth.
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"We believe Facebook's virtual ownership of the social graph, strong competitive moat, and unwavering focus on the user experience position the company to significantly improve monetization over time and to become an enduring, blue-chip company built for the long term, " J.
And Instagram must also continue to expand its user base to the tune of a few hundred million before it can truly become the eyes of the world.
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He also said that of the more than 5, 000 virtual items sold in Home (clothing for user avatars, decorations for virtual homes), virtually all of them have become profitable.
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As the value flowing from user data has a ripple effect on all the sides of business models, users become part of business operations, thereby blurring the line that used to separate consumption from production.
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Foursquare is planning to display full user names on profile pages, explaining in a recent community email that the old policy has become confusing.
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Even though we are just at the beginning of a new business-focused, user-controlled era of IT, there are some principles that will characterize what IT is going to become.
The mirror-less camera, on the other hand is a macroevolution and will become a strapping competitor for the popular standards: the digital SLR (single-lens reflex) camera and the user-friendly point-and-shoot camera.
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